#Cyprus

The Afrobanana music festival will be held in Lefkara in mid-July, the organisers said in an announcement on Wednesday. Following the refusal to hold the festival in an area near ...

The Deputy Ministry of Research is working on tightening the framework for dual-use software licensing related to tracking people, the permanent secretary of the ministry Stelios Himonas told the House ...

The House institutions committee agreed on Wednesday that high-level civil servants and people applying for tenders should file a capital statement (pothen esches). In his statements after the end of ...

Taking into account the “long standing challenges” Cyprus faces, the government on Wednesday announced seven measures to coordinate matters related to sanctions, including a rebranding campaign both at home and ...

Cyprus is the 64th-most peaceful country on Earth, according to this year’s ‘Global Peace Index’, up one place from last year. The index, which is released yearly, is compiled ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos Fuel subsidies will be scrapped but electricity bill subsidies will continue albeit more targeted towards vulnerable groups, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. The measure ...

No evidence of criminal wrongdoing has come up in the case of the 2005 death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, and therefore the state will be taking no more action, the ...

The indictments in the ‘golden passports’ case have been re-filed as promised, attorney-general Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday. “We said we would, and we did,” Savvides told reporters. Taking questions ...

The tourism industry faces “important environmental and economic challenges ahead,” President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday addressing the Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association’s (Pasyxe) general assembly in Nicosia. The current world ...

Days after announcing a venue had been found for the popular AfroBanana festival organisers said on Tuesday the event was on the move again, and will not be held at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday one of his priorities is the establishment of a deputy environment ministry to facilitate the country’s green transition in the coming years. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his satisfaction over the inclusion of the Cyprus problem in the conclusions of the European Council, following the government’s initiative. Despite the fact ...

Pledging to support vulnerable groups where needed while maintaining an ardent fiscal policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday said he expected more action from banks to absorb increasing interest ...

Larnaca has commenced a pilot programme aimed at fighting back against a new invasive and potentially dangerous species of mosquito which has been found in the area. The Aedes aegypti ...

Despite dire warnings from the government and the Central Bank, MPs on Monday decided to send on to the House plenum for a vote four legislative proposals amending the foreclosures ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said that he is pushing for the opening of a new crossing point in the Nicosia village of Mia Milia. However, he said that ...

Nicosia announced its candidacy to become the European capital of culture in 2030 on Monday. The city’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said that the decision to bid for the title had ...

Seven people were arrested in what has been described as a foiled terrorist plot on Israeli targets in Limassol, while one has escaped abroad, after having entered from the north, ...

Counterfeit €10 banknotes accounted for the highest amounts of fake currency circulated in Cyprus, representing 40.8 per cent of the total, according to the annual report of the Central Bank for 2022. A ...

Three people were arrested on Monday afternoon after a boat carrying a total of 50 irregular migrants was spotted in the early hours of the morning by coast guards in the ...

Two children have escaped largely unharmed after a fire broke out in their home in Lakatamia on Monday. According to the fire brigade, the fire began at about 9:10am in ...

Paphos police have arrested a man they said has been illegally residing in Cyprus for the past ten years. According to police the man stayed on after his employment contract ...

The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

Cyprus risks missing targets of 55 per cent for recycling municipal waste and recycling 65 per cent of packaging waste by 2025, according to an EU early warning report sent to the government. ...